US5244018A - Bellowless vapor recovery nozzle - Google Patents
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- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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- This invention relates generally to vapor recovery nozzles, and more particularly to dual spout bellowless nozzles where the vapor is recovered through a passageway adjacent to or concentric with the liquid dispensing passageway.
- Gasoline or other liquid dispensing nozzles are commonly provided with vapor recovery systems to lessen the amount of volatile or otherwise undesirable vapor that escapes into the atmosphere when the liquid is dispensed.
- vapor recovery systems With specific reference to gasoline dispensing nozzles, such vapor recovery systems most commonly use a nozzle with a rubber bellows concentrically enclosing the spout. The space between the bellows and the spout is connected to a vacuum system, which draws in the vapors existing at the opening to the fill neck and prevents them from escaping and polluting the atmosphere.
- Gasoline dispensing nozzles with bellows have certain practical limitations.
- the bellows are bulky, awkward, and expensive.
- the bellows also make it harder for users to insert and hold the spout in their vehicles' gasoline inlets.
- Bellowless nozzles have thus been proposed, as for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,351,375.
- a typical nozzle 10 of this type known in the art is depicted in FIG. 1.
- Such nozzles typically have coaxial inner and outer spouts 12, 14 of approximately circular cross-section.
- a vacuum system (not shown) is connected to space 16 between the inner and outer spouts in known manner. Vapor is drawn into this space through a plurality of holes 18 adjacent the distal end of the outer spout.
- FIG. 2 depicts a typical motor vehicle gasoline inlet with vent tube.
- Gasoline tank 22 has main tube 24 connecting the tank to fill neck 26.
- a no-lead restriction plate 30 is located inside the fill neck, which has a circular opening 34 and a hinged trap door 37 sized to prevent users from inserting dispensing spouts of the larger size used for leaded gasoline.
- Coil spring 35 prevents the spout from entering the fill neck beyond the desired distance.
- the gas tank vent tube does not open on the gas tank side of the restriction plate. Rather the tube opening is located on the side of the restriction plate opposite to the gas tank side.
- the known nozzle described above is unable to draw in the vapors because they are separated from its intake holes by the restriction plate. Such vapors are not recovered by existing bellowless gasoline dispensing nozzles.
- a bellowless gasoline dispensing nozzle comprising two adjacent, preferably coaxial passageways is provided with two sets of vapor intake holes in the recovery spout.
- the first set of holes is located near the spout tip and serves to draw in vapors from the gas tank side of the no-lead restriction plate, whereas the second set of holes is placed some distance further up the spout so that it can draw in gasoline vapors from the outer side of the no-lead restriction plate.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a bellowless gasoline dispensing nozzle of the type known in the art
- FIG. 2 shows the nozzle of FIG. 1 in a typical vehicle gasoline fill neck with a vent tube below the restriction plate;
- FIG. 3 is a side, partially cut away view of the gasoline dispensing nozzle of this invention.
- FIG. 4 shows the gasoline dispensing nozzle of the invention inserted into a vehicle gasoline tank fill neck with a vent tube opening outside the restriction plate.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 The nozzle of the invention is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.
- FIG. 3 shows a preferred embodiment of gasoline dispensing nozzle 50 having spout 51 constructed according to this invention.
- Coaxial tubes 52 and 54 are arranged so as to form a fluid flow passageway inside inner tube 52 and a vapor return passageway in the space 56 between the two tubes. That space is connected to a conventional vacuum system (not shown), which creates a vacuum in space 56 tending to draw vapor in through two sets of holes 58 and 60.
- Holes 58 are located adjacent the distal end of the spout as in the prior art, whereas holes 60 are located further toward the handle, spaced from the distal end of the spout.
- Holes 60 are preferably placed so that even when the nozzle is fully inserted into an unleaded gasoline inlet, the holes will lie outside the no-lead restriction plate.
- the sets of holes 58 and 60 need not be identical. It may be desirable to dimension these sets of holes in such a way as to adapt to the quantity of vapor needing to be drawn in on either side of the no-lead restriction plate. It may also be desirable to dimension the sets of holes to take into account the pressure drop in passageway 56 between distal holes 58 and second set of holes 60. Test data shows that 25-30% of the vapors vented through an opening outside the trap door in the no-lead restriction plate could be lost if only holes 58 adjacent the end of the spout were employed for vapor recovery. Thus holes 60 may be fewer in number, as few as 25% of the number of holes 58, or there may be the same number but holes 60 could be as much as 75% smaller than holes 60.
- FIG. 4 shows the gasoline dispensing nozzle of this invention inserted into a motor vehicle gasoline inlet 62.
- Gas tank 64 is connected to fill neck 66 via main tube 68.
- Fill neck 66 is attached to a no-lead restriction plate 70.
- Vent tube 72 leads from the top of the fuel tank to opening 74 in the inlet located outside the no-lead restriction plate and hinged trap door 71.
- Vapors flowing up through main tube 68 are captured by holes 58 in spout 51 of nozzle 50. It is readily apparent that vapors being emitted from opening 74 could not be captured by holes 58 adjacent the distal end of the nozzle. Those vapors flowing through vent tube 72 are captured through holes 60 in the nozzle.
- Coil spring 79 may be used to prevent spout 51 from entering the fill neck beyond the desired distance.
- fluid and vapor recovery passageways are shown concentric in the drawing figures. That is the preferred embodiment. However, the passageways comprising the dispensing spout could be closely adjacent without being concentric. Further, the invention is not limited to gasoline dispensing nozzles in conjunction with passenger vehicle fuel tanks. It could be used in any situation where liquid is being dispensed and toxic, flammable or other undesirable vapors are generated and should be controlled and recovered.
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US3100007A (en) * | 1961-05-01 | 1963-08-06 | The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Army | Dual level controlled automatic liquid dispensing nozzle |
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US5392824A (en) * | 1992-06-03 | 1995-02-28 | Rabinovich; Joshua E. | Vapor recovery nozzle with automatic shut-off system |
US5327945A (en) * | 1993-08-11 | 1994-07-12 | Saber Equipment Corporation | Fuel dispensing spout |
WO1995009807A1 (en) * | 1993-10-01 | 1995-04-13 | Emco Wheaton, Inc. | Fuel dispensing and vapor recovery nozzle |
US5484000A (en) * | 1994-04-01 | 1996-01-16 | Hasselmann; Detlev E. M. | Vapor recovery and processing system and method |
US20150314677A1 (en) * | 2012-12-04 | 2015-11-05 | Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme) | Filler neck assembly and method for producing same |
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